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Spice Girls

September 12, 2013 10:05 PM EDT
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell will release new music next month through a recording deal inked with Sony Music Australia. The British pop artist, who became a household name as Ginger Spice, will release her new single “Half of Me” on Oct. 25 ...

May 03, 2013 2:59 AM EDT
Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! will close in London at the end of June after a run of just six months. "Sadly, ‪#VivaForever‬ today posts closing notices at The Piccadilly Theatre," the Twitter feed for the stage production in Londo ...

March 20, 2012 8:00 PM EDT
U.K. pop vocal group One Direction makes history on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the first U.K. group to bow at No. 1 with a debut album. Up All Night enters atop the list with 176,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. One Direction ...

December 22, 2011 8:32 AM EST
When girlband Little Mix aced this year's UK X Factor they were the first group to scoop the title. But that wasn't the only first for the show. For a start it was the first series not to feature its maestro Simon Cowell (who was replace ...

January 22, 2010 12:00 AM EST
A musical based on the career of multi million-selling U.K. girl group The Spice Girls has been green-lighted by the act's manager, entertainment impresario Simon Fuller. Fuller, who developed reality TV giant "Pop Idol" and subsequ ...

July 27, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
North American companies will spend $1.1 billion to sponsor music venues, festivals and tours this year, compared with $1 billion in 2008, according to the IEG Sponsorship Report, which tracks sponsorship spending. As president of the Nashville-ba ...

December 11, 2008 12:00 AM EST
Bon Jovi's Lost Highway tour tops the list of the biggest tours for 2008, based on data reported to Billboard Boxscore from Nov. 14, 2007, through Nov. 11, 2008. The trek, promoted in North America and Europe by AEG Live, grossed $210.6 milli ...

May 12, 2008 12:00 AM EDT
Simon Fuller will be the recipient of the prestigious Peter Grant Award when the Music Managers Forum hosts its annual Roll of Honour dinner this Wednesday at the Intercontinental Hotel in London. The British entrepreneur who created the "Ido ...

February 01, 2008 12:00 AM EST
The Spice Girls are cutting back their reunion tour "due to family and personal commitments." Summer concerts in China, South Africa, Australia and Argentina have been canceled; the trek will now end Feb. 26 in Toronto. "Sadly the t ...

December 03, 2007 12:00 AM EST
“Girl Power" returned Sunday as Britain's Spice Girls kicked off their long-awaited world reunion tour with a more sophisticated look than when they first stormed the pop world in the 1990s. The quintet -- known by their nicknames Posh, ...

October 16, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
Capitol Music Group has partnered with lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret for the exclusive release of the upcoming Spice Girls greatest hits album. The release will be available for purchase only in Victoria's Secret retail stores and ...

July 27, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
The reunited Spice Girls are expanding their upcoming world tour to cater for "overwhelming demand" for tickets. An extra three dates have been tacked onto the tour, bringing the total to 14 performances across nine countries. Vancouver ...

July 02, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
The Spice Girls bandwagon is speeding up. More than 1 million ticket applications for the reunion tour of the 1990s U.K. hit act were registered on the Web site just a day after announcing the comeback. According to a statement from the group' ...

June 29, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
AEG Live will produce arena shows by the reunited Spice Girls in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and London. The ‘90s pop sensation announced the reunion at the O2 Arena in London yesterday. The five-piece group will perform shows in 11 cities i ...

June 28, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
The Spice Girls today confirmed one of the pop world's worst-kept secrets when the girl group announced they would reunite for a world tour. At a press conference in the O2, London -- formerly the Millennium Dome -- the five-piece group annou ...

June 22, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
Speculation is mounting that 1990s pop phenomenon the Spice Girls are to reunite, with the announcement that the five singers have called a press conference for June 28. U.K. tabloids reports claim that Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Br ...